Monday Bird Droppings
by j.q. higgins on Oct 10, 2011 9:06 AM EDT
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PrintSo, uhh...HEISENBERG! Okay, no spoilers.
Yesterday was a rough day for the NFC East (well, half of it, anyways) and Jaime Garcia. LaCava talk heats up and this weekend rumors of a possible Votto trade started percolating. Interested?
School of Roch: Getting to know one candidate: Tony LaCava
This may not be breaking new ground here, but make what you will of Roch's devotion of digital ink.
Unsuccessful stint for MacPhail - Carroll County Times: Orioles
So, I'm not quite clear about how our friends in Carroll County felt about Macca.
Orioles Insider: Imprisoned ex-Oriole writes open apology letter, mourns Flanagan - baltimoresun.com I may have gotten some dust in my eyes when I read this.
Camden Depot: Rundown of Orioles on Baseball America's Top Prospects Lists The first of many, I'm sure.
Projecting the Orioles’ 2012 Bullpen
No more multimillion dollar, free agent relievers, please!
Not Orioles related, but in a weird sort of coincidence old timey infielder Bill Tobin was born on this day in 1854 and died on thsi day in 1912.
On this day in 1996, the Orioles beat the Yankees 5-3 to even the ALCS 1-1.
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Good to see Philly and the Giants sucking.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 10, 2011 9:16 AM EDT reply actions 4 recs
Your mom sucks.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 10, 2011 9:28 AM EDT up reply actions
DON'T TALK ABOUT MY MOM!
YOUR mom sucks!
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Flagged for disturbing the peace
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 10, 2011 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
Two can play at this game...
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
also, I need a new sig, as my weeklong bet is up. THANK GOD
suggestions? I don’t want to go back to Luke Scott’s shrimp recipe while he’s on the DL. plus, folks at other sites think I’m a racist from it.
In Rob Neyer We Trust
no suggestions?
fine, this will have to do for now.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
i was starting to think you might actually not hate rob neyer's guts
good thing you changed it
Tommy Hunter is Number One in my heart
I wanted to flame him on his blog the other day after a ridiculous statement he made
but at the last second I stopped because I thought everyone would be confused.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
was it about the Orioles' hats?
cause I’m not sure a man could be more wrong than he was on that.
Tommy Hunter is Number One in my heart
it was for saying the Yankees have no choice...
….but to overpay CC Sabathia on a contract that will become an albatross.
I had a post along the lines of 1) they do have a choice…. they can accept the fact that “anything less than a championship” is a ridiculously entitled position to take; and 2) the rest of baseball doesn’t really need national sportswriters goading the Yankees into overpaying
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
oh, i didn't see that
and don’t particularly care what the yankees do this winter one way or t’other, honestly.
Tommy Hunter is Number One in my heart
I'm starting to think you actually like Tommy Hunter.
He sucks!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 10, 2011 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions
he's the best we have, and we have to hold that close to our hearts
Tommy Hunter is Number One in my heart
He's the worst!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 10, 2011 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Another suggestion
“Don’t worry, the fans don’t start booing until July.” – Earl Weaver
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
you're tearing meee apaaaart!
ROBERT MOTHERFUCKING ANDINO!
by WestcoastO'sFan on Oct 10, 2011 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions
1996 ALCS - O's tie it
That footnote brightened my morning, until I thought of Jeffrey Meyer… still hurts…
"Birdland is the belief that as great as today just was, tomorrow might be even better." -EME
by OriolesOptimist on Oct 10, 2011 9:19 AM EDT via iPhone app reply actions
Pretty sure that Columbus or any other famed explorer wouldn't appreciate me working on their holiday.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
I'm already in my occupied office.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 10, 2011 9:27 AM EDT up reply actions
lol
I checked both offices next door to me. They are unoccupied. For effect, I will wait for those offices to become occupied before I go and set up in there.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 10, 2011 9:29 AM EDT up reply actions
The closest occupied office....is my boss' office.
I’m not even bothering with that.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 10, 2011 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions
To us, a sacred herb.
To you, an addictive carcinogen!
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 10, 2011 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Give him a blanket
you’ll be boss soon enough.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
by daveh873 on Oct 10, 2011 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Should I feel bad for rec'ing this?
Say no to Prince Fielder in 2012.
by Knubles and Bits on Oct 10, 2011 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Nope.
I rec’d it too.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 10, 2011 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions
I don't quite get it
is it that your boss is becoming old and feeble?
is the blanket for security, like Linus?
did Columbus bring blankets to the new world?
In Rob Neyer We Trust
Small pox blankets.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 10, 2011 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Columbus didn't kill 10 million people with guns
However, the diseases his party (and subsequent parties) did darn neared wiped out the indigenous population of two continents.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
If you guys want to talk about Breaking Bad today
I guess I can stay out of the thread. I won’t be able to watch it until tomorrow night at the earliest.
Also, I love being off work! This is the holiday I understand least, but I’ll take it.
Giraffes have absurdly strong necks.
So we can talk about how everyone died but Bogdan
and how the entire last season is going to be a sitcom about him getting the carwash running again?
This confused me...
LaCava talk heats up and this weekend rumors of a possible Votto trade started percolating.
At first, I read it as linking the two clauses, indicating that the Orioles would be players for Votto. But looking at Cincinnati’s roster makes it pretty clear that couldn’t be the case. The only possible position we could upgrade for them would be SS and I doubt we’d trade Hardy after just signing him.
If we could package Hardy for Votto
we’d do it in a heartbeat.
Say no to Prince Fielder in 2012.
by Knubles and Bits on Oct 10, 2011 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions
They'd probably want Hardy and Reimold...
Since they’d be moving Alonso back to 1B. That leaves us with a pretty gaping hole in LF and at SS. Andino can only play one MI position at a time, right?
by Tezcatlipoca on Oct 10, 2011 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Koji!
Only reason to root for a Rangers WS win is for Koji to get a ring.
by browsermetrics on Oct 10, 2011 10:40 AM EDT reply actions
Koji's sideburns rule
He wins the hearts of us all
We pray for no heat
"Human beings make life so interesting. Do you know, that in a universe so full of wonders, they have managed to invent boredom?" ~ Death
This weekend I had the surreal experience
of having a writer I consider famous critiquing my writing. It was first nerve wracking and then ultimately surprisingly disappointing.
Tommy Hunter is Number One in my heart
well, now you have to elaborate.
"If it sounded like I was delighted by Tony Romo’s failure last week, I was."
-chris cooley
by j.q. higgins on Oct 10, 2011 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions
oh, i think I just built up some idea of what kind of reaction I expected
which varied from extremely harsh and negative to surprisingly delighted, and what I got was a small note that I should put times in EST to avoid confusion.
Tommy Hunter is Number One in my heart
Andrew would have been happier if he was fired on the spot.
Well, maybe not quite.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 10, 2011 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions
Wow. That is disappointing.
He could have at least said he didn’t like your font selection.
Mother, did it need to be so high.
You've got that right.
Although, back in the summer, my dad asked me why the Orioles don’t spend more money in Latin America, and we spent the next 30 minutes talking about why the Orioles are stupid for not taking advantage of young, cost-controlled players however they can be acquired.
I figured that was beyond his level. I was mildly impressed.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 10, 2011 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions
that's what you get...
for trusting a man w/ two first names.
"If it sounded like I was delighted by Tony Romo’s failure last week, I was."
-chris cooley
by j.q. higgins on Oct 10, 2011 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Remember, he's not your target audience
Writing should be shaped by the audience for which it’s intended.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Stupid Eagles.
Also, need Forte to put up 13.5 points to get above .500 in the CC League and continue my quest for dominance (sorry zk).
boooo, forte!
"If it sounded like I was delighted by Tony Romo’s failure last week, I was."
-chris cooley
by j.q. higgins on Oct 10, 2011 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions
The Detroit D-line should have a field day with the paper fence that is the Chicago O-line.
Jay Cutler is going to need a safety valve. I’m saying 75 yards receiving for Forte today.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 10, 2011 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions
judging by where you are in pick 'em
predictions are not your Forte.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
I made a nice move up this week.
If I’d stuck with my guns and picked Oakland to beat Houston, I’d be tied for the weekly lead. Give it time, son.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 10, 2011 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Netflix really needs to get its act together
First they double their prices because they were morons who didn’t know how to set prices in the first place, then they make this big announcement that they’re starting a new company called Qwikster for mailing DVDs (because why stick with a brand name everyone knows) and then they just sent out an email this morning saying just kidding! we’re not using Qwikster anymore! It’s still Netflix!
Giraffes have absurdly strong necks.
and in the meantime, they wiped out my huge DVD queue
Couldn’t they have just kept it? It was nice because you could see what was on instant, what was coming to instant, etc. Now it’s all gone.
Seriously
who the fuck is running that company? Having to raise prices was understandable, especially with how much they’re getting squeezed by the studios and splitting up billing for the services makes sense, but they’ve gone about it in the worst possible way. Its been a PR disaster from day 1.
Wait until they get hired by the Orioles.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 10, 2011 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
I have Dish Network
So I’m cancelling Netflix this month and giving the new Blockbuster streaming stuff a shot. Mostly out of spite.
Streaming was AMAZING a few years ago…and now it feels..meh.
WIthout Starz or any promise of new top-notch/modern content, I can’t justify the cost. I rarely use it anymore. I’m just not into B horror flicks.
yeah
streaming will suck until they have something other than “recent stupid rom/coms that sucked and Adam Sandler movies” available to stream
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
I've been pretty happy with their TV show selection
and I understand that it’s a process (they have been gradually adding more and more things). But their price change was apparently because they thought the mailing side of the house wouldn’t be used as much with streaming. But when you can only get some movies on streaming, none of which are new releases, of course it’s still going to get used a lot. Stupid.
Giraffes have absurdly strong necks.
also, not ONCE
Have I thought, “I’d like to watch movie X,” and then that movie was on streaming. NEVER. You can search around and find decent things on streaming, but it’s never what you think of on your own.
Giraffes have absurdly strong necks.
exactly
i saw some of TDK this weekend, and was watching christian bale and michael caine banter with each other, and i though, “i’d like to watch The Prestige again—I bet it’s on streaming.”
no way, josé.
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
On July 4th, I wanted to watch "Independence Day"
Just because I wanted to watch Will Smith blow up stuff on July 4th.
Yup, not streaming.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Thanks, but today's Oct. 10th
I don’t want to see it today. :)
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
Every October I watch basically nothing but baseball and Halloweenish movies/etc.
Instant queue is sometimes helpful. Not a lot helpful, especially when I put a movie in my queue and then next week – poof! – it’s gone from instant streaming.
Tommy Hunter is Number One in my heart
yeah
I have streaming just for the tv shows. I can watch no reservations on a whim? sign me up!
Tommy Hunter is Number One in my heart
I signed up for their free one month subscription
because there was a movie I wanted to see at a local art-house theater, and when I Googled it, it showed up on the Netflix site (“oh cool, I can watch it at home instead”). Nope, “not available”, after I sign up, of course. And I didn’t see any movies that interested me there, although it did look like a decent TV show selection.
Off topic: If you’re a fan of auto racing at all, “Senna” is an excellent movie, well worth seeing. Even non-racing fans will enjoy it.
"I may make you feel, but I can't make you think." Ian Anderson
Senna was playing at Landmark Harbor East the same weekend as the Baltimore Grand Prix
I almost went to see it. Almost.
Except that they could never afford it with the current subscription model
to improve the service, they needed more revenue. Now that they’ve totally botched their attempt to do so, who know what’ll happen.
Had they rolled out the price hikes with proposed new partnerships, I would have stuck around.
But to pair it with a loss of content? What? I’m not saying I’m out forever, but now it’s a wait-and-see situation in regard to what their added revenue adds to the service.
Nope.
Hence the price increase.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 10, 2011 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions
I think they're terrified of Apple introducing a streaming service
potentially at the same time they introduce their branded tv sets, which could be within the next year.
Well, if you have a fast enough internet connection...
I hear there’s ways.
"Complacency is your demise." - Kerry King
I am well aware of those ways.
But, much like John Teller, I’m trying to go legit.
Mother, did it need to be so high.
Spoiler
ROBERT MOTHERFUCKING ANDINO!
by WestcoastO'sFan on Oct 10, 2011 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions
See the fifth one down
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/state_web_summer
Mother, did it need to be so high.
that is a GREAT Oatmeal
and I totally agree that Facebook will be a footnote by 2014 or 20
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
I liked a mix of DVDs and streaming.
Separating the services makes it pretty much useless unless you can watch a heck of a lot of DVDs.
I actually like renting DVDs, so I’m looking into some service for that, but the streaming library sucks.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 10, 2011 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions
fun article....
about the San Marino soccer team:
One Win, 106 Losses, No Traffic Lights
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
It's good to know there are depths of ineptitude to which even the Orioles cannot sink.
Mother, did it need to be so high.
Is that a challenge, son?
Because after seeing September, I have no doubt that the O’s would hear your challenge and do their damndest to prove you wrong.
by Tezcatlipoca on Oct 10, 2011 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I would be morbidly curious to see a team go 1-161.
Just not the O’s.
Mother, did it need to be so high.
Stacey - thanks for the good advice
Woodberry Kitchen was awesome and then we loved walking around 36th. Really interesting area and you were dead on about the great people watching – tons of hipsters.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
I went to Woodbury Kitchen a few months ago.
Great food, man. Great food.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 10, 2011 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions
the best/most ridiculous people watching
was at some antique store that we were walking past that was having an auction. The “auctioneer” had no idea what most of the stuff was and was mostly just babbling nonsense, most of the stuff they were auctioning was total crap (old toasters for example), and the “crowd” was a VERY strange mix. We watched for about a half hour.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
there was a point in time where I needed to buy as many old toasters as possible
I’d guess that zk could guess what I was up to.
Tommy Hunter is Number One in my heart
Building Cylons?
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 10, 2011 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions
staging a certain sam shepard play?
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
oh yeah I know that place
You can go in when they’re not having an auction to see what stuff will be up for bid next time, and sometimes there is a cool piece of furniture or something, but 99% of it is crap. It’s so weird. I took my parents in there one time and my stepdad was totally transfixed by the place.
Giraffes have absurdly strong necks.
haha
It must be an older man kind of thing, because the wife’s dad would have been happy to stay there the rest of the afternoon. The funniest part was when this random hipster douchebag walked in and interrupted to ask a question about the item being auctioned and the auctioneer got really angry and said “that’s why you’re up in the retail section!”
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Poll
178 days till Opening Day.
How many beers or other alcoholic beverages (please specify) will you be drinking between now and then?
at least 600
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 10, 2011 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I find this almost impossible to accurately estimate
I really don’t drink unless I’m getting drunk, and the amount that I’m getting drunk varies from 0-4 times a week without much of a pattern. Then you throw in the 15 drink nights like Halloween, 10 year high school reunion, new years, birthday, etc that all happen between now and then and I just have no idea.
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
This
Although I’m more 2-4 times a week. Can’t remember the last Fri or Sat night I didn’t drink. Definitely at least 5 years minus one or two weekends I might have been sick.
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
by Astronaut Mike Dexter on Oct 10, 2011 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Yea same here.
I really have no idea how to even estimate it.
I don’t have much tolerance for stupid. Or cheese on food that doesn’t need it. -duck
by twistedlogic on Oct 10, 2011 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions
"15 drink nights"?
jeezy creezy
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
Wait until WW gets here and ridicules me for not being able to down 20
I am eating you, motherfucker. You cannot hurt me. - PhilR8
Yikes....
So having 20+ beers 3 days a week isn’t normal?
Will work for Recs.
by Wieters Wieners on Oct 10, 2011 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions
My best guess is less than 30.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 10, 2011 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I haven’t drank for the purpose of getting drunk in years; I’m too old for that now. Pretty much, having a beer with a game is about the only time I do drink now. The Broncos are unlikely to be on TV anymore this season and the Terps probably won’t even get to a bowl game. I’m going to say about 60 or so. That should cover me for remaining football games, Terps basketball games, and random beers with dinner if my wife and I go out.
I think a beer every 3 days is reasonable.
by Tezcatlipoca on Oct 10, 2011 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions
I've been going through my comic collection from when I was a kid recently
and decided to frame a few of my favorite covers (mainly because the art is awesome and it brings me back to a happy place).
Anyway, I know some of you were (or are) comic nerds. Do any of you have any favorite covers? I’d be interested to see what you come up with.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
I was never a huge comic collector
In fact, I only ever really come across comics as part of my job (which involves selling stuff on eBay and Amazon). The only comic I’ve ever gone “Wow, I like that cover” is the cover to Magik #4.
Admittedly, not the classiest choice, but I think it looks damn cool regardless of the half-naked girl on the cover.
But she's blonde!
But seriously, that’s a cool choice. Def not something you’d see every day.
I also realized that this may be a bad idea for the open thread now that I saw how big that picture is. Maybe we should just post links, or we could always do an OT thread if anyone actually cares to.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
I collected comics very casually
didn’t really follow any storylines or anything, I mainly bought a comic based on the cover art. Mostly what I would assume to be very mainstream stuff, plus whatever people were selling at flea markets. From what I can remember, here are some that I thought were really cool:
Spider-Man Maximum Clonage
I really liked this one because the very front cover was made from very thin, textured plastic, almost like onionskin, and was semi-transparent. It just felt cool
X-Men Unlimited
This one stands out the most in my mind as being super cool, but now that I’m looking at it again, it doesn’t look all that cool. I loved this cover as a kid, though.
Shadow of the Bat
This was probably my favorite. Just looks damn cool.
Dark Knight Returns
I was a little older when I discovered TPBs and this was one of the first ones that I read. I always loved this cover.
yeah it's horrible
I read that issue from cover to cover a million times, though. I had a crush on Psyloche.
It is super 90's
But everything Jim Lee did was 90’s. He basically created the iconic 90’s X-Men.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Well I wasn't saying he was bad
Jim Lee was really good actually. Leifeld was just ridiculous. Hell, the guy created this abomination.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
it appears to be captain america with big manboobs
"End of season like this, to make Boston go home sad, crying, I’ll take it all day."—Robert Andino
Just noticed I didn't actually list any of my faves...
Here’s a brief sample of my fave Marvel covers in no particular order:
X-Men 101
X-Men 136 (Probably my favorite)
Spider-Man 50
Captain America 1 (this is my representative for the “just about anything by Jack Kirby” vote)
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Comics for 10-40 cents.
And people actually paid for comics in those days. Go figure.
"So I said, 'Looks like they've finally got Ogea in the pen. I wonder if the glove fits.' I thought I was going to get fired." - Mike Flanagan, RIP
by Eat More Esskay on Oct 10, 2011 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions
You beat me to it
I found that same Spider-Man #50 cover and was just about to post it, but there it was. I do remember a lot of those Spider-Man covers from the 60’s, but that was my favorite. My dad and I still laugh about how he tossed out all my old comic books when I was away at college and he decided to clean out the basement. They could have helped prop up my 401k today if I still had ’em.
"I may make you feel, but I can't make you think." Ian Anderson
Comics from the 60s?
Most aren’t worth that much, honestly. They need to be in fantastic condition and be first issues to be valuable. Most are in $5-10 range.
yeah?
Well, don’t tell my father. I’m not done trying to make him feel guilty yet.
"I may make you feel, but I can't make you think." Ian Anderson
Eh ya never know
depends on what you had. Some books are still worth a few hundred even in meh condition. Ebay has killed a huge part of the market though. Nothing is all that scarce when you aren’t limited to the local comic shops for back issues.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
Shit. Where to start...
I started reading & collecting in the late 80’s. Stopped in the mid-90’s. Just started re-reading some of them recently. Much like my beer drinking now, I tend to get really into my hobbies…
Spiderman:
Web of….#1
Amazing #285
Amazing #346
Spectacular #112 (kinda random, that one)
Spectacular #132
Secret Wars #4 (possibly my overall favorite)
Uncanny X-men #251
Uncanny X-men #294
X-men #14
X-men #40
Wolverine #79
Wolverine #82
X-men Alpha
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
by PBR me ASAP! on Oct 10, 2011 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Just curious.
After re-reading as an adult, what are your thoughts on these comic books? I’m afraid to go back and re-read. Seems like it’s all going to be really dumb.
Mother, did it need to be so high.
I downloaded 40 years of x-men (totally legally, not for free on mediafire or anything).
They’re better now then when I was a kid because I actually appreciate the art as well as the story. The Phoenix saga is one of my favorite things ever. It got better as I aged.
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
For some reason...
about this time last year I experienced an urge to reread the Age of Apocalypse storyline from the X-men. I have no idea what triggered it, but I dug my entire collection out of Ma & Pa’s attic, sorted through ‘em all, and pulled out all the Legion Quest / AoA related ones. And I really enjoyed it. It certainly wasn’t ‘challenging’ reading, but there certainly is depth and nuance to be found in the stories. Plus, it is interesting to go back and see how reading comics helped expand my vocabulary as a ’tween/teen.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
by PBR me ASAP! on Oct 10, 2011 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm gonna come back to this and check them all out
But I dig the effort
"things like locig and prrofreading are actually valued here" - zknower
community...
so, i got around to watching last week’s epi and omar or not, i don’t think i much care for michael k. williams picking on magnitude.
"If it sounded like I was delighted by Tony Romo’s failure last week, I was."
-chris cooley
He turned his Omar level way up in episode 2 of B. Empire
ROBERT MOTHERFUCKING ANDINO!
by WestcoastO'sFan on Oct 10, 2011 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions
oh, man...
i need to catch up on that, too!
"If it sounded like I was delighted by Tony Romo’s failure last week, I was."
-chris cooley
by j.q. higgins on Oct 10, 2011 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions
OT, and I know I may sound like a broken record because I've brought this up before
but I watched “I am Number 4” last night. Why didn’t we have Teresa Palmer in the Hottie Contest? OMG, with the way she looks and her accent, I would think that would have been a no-brainer. Of course, until last night I had no clue who she was.
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